diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index d489ddf989..6ebaf1143c 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -171,9 +171,6 @@
           <row><entry><varname>wireguard</varname></entry>
           <entry>WireGuard Secure Network Tunnel.</entry></row>
 
-          <row><entry><varname>netdevsim</varname></entry>
-          <entry>A simulator. This simulated networking device is used for testing various networking APIs and at this time is particularly focused on testing hardware offloading related interfaces.</entry></row>
-
           <row><entry><varname>nlmon</varname></entry>
           <entry>A Netlink monitor device. Use an nlmon device when you want to monitor system Netlink messages.</entry></row>
 
diff --git a/test/test-network/conf/25-netdevsim.netdev b/test/test-network/conf/25-netdevsim.netdev
deleted file mode 100644
index 899f2d9f4c..0000000000
--- a/test/test-network/conf/25-netdevsim.netdev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[NetDev]
-Kind=netdevsim
-Name=netdevsim99